NSW Police said in a statement this morning that the NSW Emergency responded to reports of an aircraft crash at about 7:15 a.m. local time on Tuesday at an airstrip in the small town of White Cliffs in northwest NSW.

The male pilot of the aircraft died at the scene but has not been formally identified.

Initial inquiries indicated that the man was the sole occupant of the aircraft, said the police.

Police officers as well as ambulance paramedics, firefighters and personnel from the NSW State Emergency Service were deployed to the scene.

Police established a crime scene and have commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident with assistance from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

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